Section 4
SEC. 4. Section five of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred ninety-six is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. The special assessment ordinance together with all the papers pertaining to the same shall be sent for approval to die Mayor, as in other cases, and the time for the approval or vetoing thereof shall run only from the date of the receipt of the last paper lacking. The Mayor may receive protests of persons claiming to be affected provided such protest be signed by a majority of said persons representing more than one-half of the total assessed value of the property which according to the proposed ordinance would be subject to the special assessment, and before approving or vetoing said ordinance, he may propose to the Municipal Board or city or municipal council such amendment or amendments to the sane as he may see fit. From the decision of such board or council either the parties affected or the City or the district engineer concerned through the Director of Public Works may appeal to the President, of the Philippines, those decision shall be final."